Tilden Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VI
R-4 Multifamily Residential Districts
§ 500-19 Purposes.
The R-4 Multifamily Residential District is hereby established as a district in which regulations are intended to make adequate provisions for a wide range of residential structures, concentrated in clusters in order to provide expansive areas of common open space. Among the purposes of this district are:
A.
To encourage innovations in the type, design and layout of dwelling units.
B.
To provide for the conservation and more efficient utilization of open space ancillary to residential structures.
C.
To provide a procedure which can relate the type, design and layout of residential development to the particular site in a manner consistent with the preservation of property values within established residential areas. In all districts designated upon the Zoning Map or in this chapter as R-4 Districts, uses permitted in R-1, R-2 and R-3 Residential Districts shall be permitted and the following regulations shall apply:
§ 500-20 Procedural requirements.
§ 500-21 Use regulations.
[Amended 11-6-2004 by Ord. No. 152]
A.
Detached, semidetached or attached groups of attached, clustered or multi-storied structures may be erected or used for single or multifamily dwelling units. A variety of housing types such as townhouses, garden apartments and clustered free-standing dwellings is encouraged. Except to the extent as may be required by law pursuant to the Municipalities Planning Code and § 500-64B of this chapter, pertaining to extension of nonconforming uses, no further development of mobile home parks will be permitted in the R-4 District.
B.
Forestry as a use permitted by right.
C.
No-impact home-based business as a use permitted by right.
§ 500-22 Area and height regulations.
[Amended 10-9-2002 by Ord. No. 143; 1-2-2007 by Ord. No. 172]
B.
Accessory buildings. Accessory buildings, which are not a structural part of the dwelling, may be erected in the required rear or side yards, provided that such accessory building shall be situated not less than 10 feet from any property line and shall not exceed 15 feet in height.
C.
Area regulations for multifamily residential districts shall be as follows:
(1)
Area and width. Every multifamily residential development shall have a total area of not less than 10 acres, and such area shall have at least two access ways, not less than 250 feet apart, and each accessway shall be 25 feet wide.
(2)
Building coverage. Not more than 20% of the area may be occupied by buildings.
(3)
Density. The average density shall not exceed eight dwelling units per acre throughout the planned residential development district.
(4)
Height regulations. No building in a multifamily residential development shall exceed 35 feet or two stories in height.
(5)
Open space: 25% of open space area shall be provided. Drives, parking, detention ponds or areas with slopes exceeding 15% shall not be considered open space.
§ 500-23 Special regulations.
[Amended 10-9-2002 by Ord. No. 143]
A.
Multifamily and mobile home park developments.
(1)
A buffer strip shall be provided along the entire perimeter of the property of which multifamily dwelling units or mobile homes are erected, of at least 50 feet in width measured inward from the property line and retained in natural woods, or suitable landscaped with grass and/or ground cover, shrubs and trees. No parking or roadways, except roadways crossing at right angles to the buffer area for the purpose of providing access to the property, shall be allowed in this area. The buffer strip area shall not be considered as part of the usable open space or recreation area as required by Chapter 326, Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks, as amended.
(2)
Streets conforming to the applicable Township ordinances and regulations may be dedicated to the Township after construction. Streets that are not dedicated to the Township and parking areas shall be constructed with a minimum of three inches of bituminous concrete base course and 1 1/2 inches of a bituminous wearing course on a stable subgrade as approved by the Township Engineer.
(3)
Each dwelling shall be served by an approved public water supply and approved central sewage disposal system or systems in conformity with all state, county and Township statutes, ordinances and regulations.
(4)
A subdivision plan showing type of construction and the number, spacing, size and arrangement of dwelling clusters and open space must be approved by the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors and otherwise comply with the provisions of this chapter before construction begins.
(5)
Professional review by the Township, including legal, engineering and planning, shall be required unless specifically waived by the Board of Supervisors. All review expenses shall be paid by the applicant.
(6)
Curbs and sidewalks shall be provided, if required by the Township, for the purpose of promoting pedestrian safety.
B.
Mobile home park development.
(1)
The minimum lot area for any such development shall be 10 acres.
(2)
The density of such development shall not exceed one dwelling unit per 6,000 square feet.
(3)
The minimum number of spaces completed and ready for occupancy before the first occupancy is permitted shall be nine. If less than nine spaces, all spaces must be completed before the first occupancy is permitted.
(4)
No space shall be rented for residential use of a mobile home in any such park except for periods of 30 days or more.
(5)
Each mobile home park shall maintain an area of usable open space or recreation area of not less than 10% of its overall use. Eighty percent of the area provided shall be contiguous to itself. The area provided shall have a grade not exceeding 8% and shall not be located in a wetland or other restrictive use area.